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One winter evening, some years a^o, my little dirl» >vho was 
busy with a pair of scissors and a sheet of white paper, said, 
*' Come, papa, help me cut out some paper dolls.** As I am always 
ready and willing to amuse her, I was soon deep in the mysteries 
of the paper-doll business, cutting out the style of doll that one 
always sees. After a while I thought I would attempt to vary the 
pattern for novelties* sake and bedan to experiment. The result, 
as far as interesting my little dirU was a decided success, and ri^ht 
then and there the paper dolls became ''funny men** and I had 
provided myself with an occupation for many evenings to come. 
In fact, not only was my little dirl delighted, but many of her little 
friends and some of the drown-ups too. I bouiiht a scrap book in 
which we pasted the cut-outs and it has become my little dirl's 
most valued possession in the book line, because it is so different 
from anything else and, to a ^reat extent, her own work. 

It hasi lon^ been in my mind that the ** Scissors Folk,** as we 
call them, mi^ht be of interest to many other little dirls and boys, 
and their bid brothers and sisters too. The idea has culminated 
in this book, which is sent forth with the hope and the wish, that 
it will provide amusement, during the lon^ evenings, for many 
children, both yound and old. 

The only directions necessary, are, to take a sheet of plain 
white paper, fold it once lengthwise throuiih the center and then. 



with a sharp pair of scissors, cut out the f ifiure. Don*t try so much 
to copy the designs in this book as to make new ones. 

As a starter, for those who wish to make a "Scissors Book** of 
their own, in the back of this book will be found a few half-figures 
in outline intended to show how the illustrations for this book 
were made. 

To make copies, place a sheet of tracin({ paper, or any thin 
white paper through which the printed lines can be seen, on the 
picture and then trace over the outline. After this is done, turn the 
paper over and rub it all over the back of the figure with a soft 
black pencil, then lay the tracing, face up, on the white paper 
intended for the finished cut-out and carefully do over the outline 
a^ain with a sharp pencil or small pointed stick; in this way a per- 
fect copy of the original will be made. When this is finished, fold 
the paper on the lon^ dotted line and proceed to cut out, cuttinii 
throucEh both thicknesses. Trim around the outline first, and then 
cut out all the black portions such as nose, mouth, eyes, etc. When 
all the black portions are removed unfold the paper and see how a 
half -man has become a whole one. Copy a few of these half-figures 
for practice and then start in to make a series of your own. 

After the figures are cut out paste them in a scrap book. In 
this way you will soon have a book full of pictures to show your 
little friends, and of which you can truly say, **I made them all 
myself." 

WILLIAM LUDLUM. 
Mount Vernon, N. Y. 



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THE SCISSORS FOLK 

My papa takes a pair of shears 

And sheet of paper, white. 
And, as he snips, and snips, and snips. 

There soon appears to si^ht, 
A host of many funny things. 
With paws, and claws, and winds, and stints. 

He folds the paper only once. 

To make a center line. 
And then he cuts, and cuts, and cuts. 

This darling papa mine, 
And, as he cuts, there drows apace 
Full many a strange and curious face. 

His men have arms and leis askew. 

With bodies strange to see; 
His animals are very fierce, 

Tho' funny as can be. 
I just delidht to watch him clip 
As, from his hands, the cut-outs slip. 

Now you and I can do the same, 

K, patiently, we try; 
Just fiuide the scissors round-about. 

Then cut nose, mouth, and eye. 
And soon will drow, before our view, 
A straniie parade of creatures new. 



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The First Cut 3 

The Lion 5 

The Campfire Girl 7 

The Boy Scout 9 

The Owl 11 

A School-Boy ......;. 13 

The Sailor 13 

Mr. Upside-Down 17 

The BaU Player 19 

The Frenchman 21 

A Change of Color 23 

The Clown .25 

Mr. Two Minds 27 

A Shadowgraph 29 

The Spaniard 31 

A Change of Expression 33 

Two Little Snips 35 

An Elephant 37 

The Scotchman 39 

A Soldier 41 

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A Dusky Belle 43 

The Man in the Moon 45 

The Chinaman 47 

The Football Player 49 

A Freak 31 

A Newspaper Man ........ 53 

A Policeman 55 

The Baker S7 

Fat and Thin 59 

Mr. Prim 61 

The Indian 63 

A Double-Header ........ 65 

An Accident 67 

The Mexican 69 

The Hunter . 71 

A Juicier 73 

A Reflection 75 

A Suffragette 77 

AFirfhter ......... 79 

The Last Cut 81 



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